This annual feels more like a Thunderbolts comic than a Captain America, for good reason: Citizen V was Baron Zemo's identity when the team were pretending to be heroes while many of the real heroes were "reborn" elsewhere. The name came from a Golden Age hero, John Watkins, who appeared twice (Daring Mystery Comics #8... Continue Reading →
These issues introduce two new heroes (one of whom is prominent on the cover to issue #8 above) as well as a threat who is new to the Avengers (but well known to the X-Men, Spider-Man, and Black Panther), and see one of their own leave the team. After opening with a charming scene of... Continue Reading →
As if one #1 issue for Captain America weren't enough in 1998, we have another: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #1, a new series exploring the details of Cap's past (and sometimes his near future), launched by Mark Waid and Ron Garney, the team that successfully began volume 3 of Captain America as part of... Continue Reading →
These two issues are half of the "Live Kree or Die!" crossover that begins in Iron Man #7 and also includes Quicksilver #10 (although Captain America appears in neither). The Kree are presumably jealous of the recent attention the Skrulls have received in recent issue of Captain America, so a faction called—I am not kidding—the... Continue Reading →
This post wraps up the "Power and Glory" storyline in which Skrulls have encouraged and magnified the "Capmania" that preceded our hero's return from the "Heroes Reborn" universe. This plan culminated in his capture and replacement by the Skrull leader, who then instilled fear and chaos among the American people, lying to them about a... Continue Reading →
With this post we continue the three-part "Power and Glory" storyline that began in the last issue, which ended with the Hydra leader revealing himself to be a Skrull who had taken advantage of the "Capmania" to increase Captain America's reputation so he could capture him and take his place, all as revenge against humanity... Continue Reading →
This issue starts the three-part conclusion to the Capmania storyline that launched this volume with its first issue. It opens with the fella featured alongside Captain America on the cover, but after they have an interesting exchange about the nature of fame and idol worship, it's all about Hydra, whose plans are revealed at last.... Continue Reading →
In this issue of Wolverine, we find the title character in a bit of an existential crisis after a series of personal struggles and a decline in his mutant abilities, and he finds himself in an old-fashioned brawl with an old friend from World War II, Captain America. As with all good team-up stories, we... Continue Reading →
This issue sees Captain America deal with the continuing Hydra threat, the return of Batroc the Leaper, and the growing "Capmania" around him since returning from the "Heroes Reborn" world. Along for the ride is Cap's favorite pal, Hawkeye... is he just one more thing Cap has to deal with? We open on a record... Continue Reading →
In this post we see Captain America process the loss of his beloved shield in the last issue, while he also deals with the "Capmania" that broke out while he was "dead" for a year and which exploded when he returned. (Oh yeah, and Hydra too, again.) After a couple pages setting up Hydra's invasion... Continue Reading →
THE VIRTUES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 